For so many Dongying people who suddenly appeared, Lu Heng couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

At first, he thought that these Dongying people had come to assassinate him. However, as the number of Dongying people grew to five hundred, he had already begun to doubt the other party's intentions.

Mobilize a thousand people to assassinate yourself? Oh, it seems that I don't have such a big face!

Even in his previous life, the other party killed himself with a single missile. So much power is being used now.

If it is said that these thousand people are all to kill themselves, then let alone killing Lu Heng, it is almost like assassinating Yanjing, the emperor of a country.

That's right, the Emperor!

In his mind, the word that suddenly popped up, Lu Heng's heart lit up, and he suddenly seemed to have grasped something.

Just as Lu Heng was thinking carefully, the deathly silent courtyard was suddenly interrupted by a rapid knock on the door.

As soon as the sound sounded, all the samurai in the courtyard stood up like hungry wolves. They looked at the door faintly, ready to attack.

"My lord, my lord, it's me!" Outside the door, a familiar voice came in.

After hearing this voice, Lu Heng's expression remained unchanged, and he quietly glanced at the wooden door. With a gentle wave of his hand, he kept the warriors hidden, and then sent two sergeants over to open the door.

When the sergeant received the order, he tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword and cautiously walked towards the door.

And those sergeants who are hiding in the shadows, their knives are already unsheathed, and when Lu Heng gives an order, they can tear the enemy to pieces like the tiger that came down the mountain.

Ah Gui also quietly stepped forward and stood beside Lu Heng. The back of his right hand sticks to his waist, and this action can ensure that he draws his sword out of the sheath as quickly as possible.

Last time in Chengdu, Childe had already been in danger once. At that time, Agui was guilty, and this time, no matter what, he couldn't let Gongzi get hurt again.

When the two soldiers reached the door, they gestured.

One took a deep breath, stretched out his hand, grabbed the latch, and pushed back hard. At the first moment, the companion drew his knife and slashed forward.

"Oh, don't, spare your life! I'm Mr. Wang! A cold light flashed, standing at the door, the sweaty Fang Manager was so frightened that he hurriedly raised his hand, made a captive look, and exclaimed for mercy.

I haven't cut it down yet!

The soldier with the knife looked stunned when he saw the fat man in such a panic.

Seeing that there was only one person outside the door, Lu Heng nodded to the two soldiers who turned back, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, your own people!" ”

After getting Lu Heng's explanation, the soldier withdrew the steel knife. Then, after the two of them invited Manager Fang in, they closed the door again.

"Whew, I'm in a hurry!" Manager Fang dragged a body of fat meat, trotted in all the way, crossed his waist and panted, and said intermittently: "There are all Dongying people outside, fortunately, I stole a waist card from Wei Jian, and said all the good things to Dongying people, so I slipped in!" ”

"Heh, Manager Fang is bothered!" I saw that the fat man was panting and out of breath. Lu Heng smiled, and hurriedly asked the soldier to take the water bladder and handed it to Chief Manager Fang.

The fat man took the water bladder, raised his head, poured a sigh of relief, raised his sleeves, wiped off the water stains at the corners of his mouth, let out a long breath, and said, "Big, my lord, I have inquired clearly!" ”

Lu Heng nodded, and after pulling Manager Fang to sit down, he said with a smile: "Manager Fang, speak slowly!" ”

Manager Fang nodded, calmed his breathing, raised his head, looked at Lu Heng and said, "My lord, I have inquired clearly." Jiangning City tonight, there are so many Dongying people. First, it was on the idea of Wei Jian's house to assassinate you! Second, that is, it is ......"

"What is it?" Lu Heng frowned, raised his head, and saw the strange look on Manager Fang's face, and smiled slightly: "Manager Fang, but it's okay to say?" ”

"It's to find a stone!" Manager Fang coughed and lowered his head and said.

It seems that more than 1,000 people were mobilized to set up such a large formation just to find a stone, and this excuse seems to be unbelievable to three-year-old children.

What!

Mr. Fang was scolding himself in his heart, this conclusion is not valid at all!

Raising his head, he secretly glanced at Lord Taifu, who was sitting in front of him and listening quietly, and saw that the Lord did not make fun of him, but had a solemn expression, so he continued: "Moreover, according to the humble inquiry. For so many years, these Dongying people have appeared all over the south of the Yangtze River, and a big reason is that they are looking for this stone! Including tonight too! ”

"Heh, isn't that right, Lu has suffered an unwarranted disaster?" After hearing this, Lu Heng smiled, shook his head and said. After laughing at himself like this, he laughed dumbly.

Seeing that Lu Heng's face was not different, Manager Fang just shook his head and smiled bitterly. It seems to be very helpless. He coughed and continued: "Moreover, according to the news from the lowly people, it is said that the stone is very likely to be in the hands of the childe!" ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Lu Heng was surprised, after thinking about it, he never remembered when he had seen this crazy stone, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally had no answer. Raising his head, he looked at Manager Fang with burning eyes, and said, "I don't know, what kind of stone are they looking for?" ”

"It is said that it is a piece of jade called the Heart of the Sky!" After thinking about it, Manager Fang said in a deep voice.

Heart of the Sky?

Hearing this, Lu Heng's expression couldn't help but be shocked. After his eyes flickered for a moment, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the west wing.

Could it be the heart of the sky!

"Your Excellency has seen it?"

The voice of the manager in his ears suddenly sounded.

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"Oh, I've seen it!" Lu Heng's expression quickly returned to normal, turned his head, and saw that Manager Fang's small eyes were full of curiosity, so he nodded with a smile.

"Then, I wonder if this Sky Heart is here with Childe now?" Manager Fang seemed to be extremely interested in this Sky Heart, and kept asking questions.

After a casual glance, he saw the flickering eyes of Manager Fang. Lu Heng smiled faintly, his expression was very relaxed. The next moment, he suddenly turned his head and stared at him quietly.

Seeing Lord Taifu's expression like this, Manager Fang was suddenly shocked in his heart. Only then did I know that I seemed to have crossed the limit.

He hurriedly stood up and saluted Lu Heng with his hand: "My lord, I am reckless!" ”

"Heh, Manager Fang doesn't have to be polite!" Lu Heng smiled faintly, stood up, and stretched out his hand to press the palm of Manager Fang. Then gently pull him and let him sit down. Seeing that the other party's expression was still a little panicked, Lu Heng reached out and patted him on the shoulder. Only then did he smile and said, "This heart of the sky is not in Lu's hands. Well, it should be in the hands of King Jin! Oh, it should be said that it is in the hands of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the county lord of Qinglan! ”

"That said, Lu was in a jewelry store and accidentally discovered the heart of the sky. It's just that at the time, I just thought it looked good, so I wanted to buy it. Helpless, the county lord of Qinglan came out halfway. Sell that high-priced gem! Lu Heng said lightly, with a helpless wry smile on his face. Finally, he sighed softly and said, "It's shy in your pocket!" ”

"In the hands of the county lord of Qinglan?" Manager Fang was suddenly surprised, blinked his eyes, and asked puzzledly: "However, then Wei Jian said that the Qinglan County Lord told him that the Heart of the Sky is in your hands!" ”

"Heh, do you believe it?" Lu Heng stretched out his hand and dusted off his robe, turned his head, looked at Manager Fang, and asked with a smile.

"Uh, my lord, I don't understand!" Manager Fang shook his head blankly.

Seeing that Manager Fang was puzzled, Lu Heng did not answer him directly, but asked a topic that seemed to have nothing to do with this matter: "According to what Manager Fang just said, this Heart of the Sky is afraid that it will have a weightlifting effect on Dongying!" Is what Lu said right? ”

"Your Excellency is right!" Manager Fang first affirmed Lu Heng's guess, and then explained: "According to what Wei Jian said, this heart of the sky is said to have been given to the king of Dongying by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty back then. Since then, Na Dongying has taken this thing as a thing to pass on to the country. Whenever a new monarch ascends the throne, only this thing can be regarded as justifiable. It's like the heirloom jade seal of our Great Zhou! ”

"That's it!" After hearing this, Lu Heng nodded, thought for a while, and continued: "Since this Sky Heart is so important, then it makes sense for this thousand Dongying warriors to make such a bold move. They had just received an order from a certain prince to snatch back the Heart of the Sky. And then smoothly ascend the throne! ”

Seeing that Manager Fang listened carefully, Lu Heng continued: "Then, analyze it accordingly. The current Dongying should be extremely unstable. Even, it is a state of disintegration! ”

Lu Heng stood up, stretched, and smiled at the other party's general pipe: "If Prince Dongying gets the Heart of the Sky, he will be able to ascend the throne smoothly." Then unify the whole of Dongying. When the time comes, it will be a powerful Dongying Empire! Oh, you know, a strong neighbor is not a good thing for Da Zhou. What's more, this neighbor still has great ambitions! ”

"My lord, what do you mean?" Manager Fang's eyes lit up, and he asked with a shocked expression.

"It doesn't matter if the king of Jin ascends the throne in the future, or the crown prince ascends the throne. They are all surnamed Wu, they are all emperors of the Great Zhou, and they are all people of China! Lu Heng raised his head, glanced at the dark night around him calmly, and turned his head to look at Fang Zongguan: "Heh, I think, any one of them will reign in the world." I don't want Dongying to complete the reunification. Only if Dongying continues to divide and the east coast of the Great Zhou can maintain a state of peace! ”

Speaking of this, Lu Heng had already described his inferences very completely, turned his head, and saw the contemplative look on Manager Fang's face, Lu Heng smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to press his broad shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "So, Manager Fang, do you think that if the Heart of the Sky is in the hands of the Qinglan County Lord, she will return the heirloom that is extremely important to Dongying to the people of Dongying?" ”

"Of course not! If the King of Jin returns the Heart of the Sky to the Dongying people, it will be a betrayal of the ancestors! Betrayal of the nation! Manager Fang's face was solemn and he said in a deep voice.

Oh, good boy!

Seeing that Manager Fang was successfully taken into the ditch by himself, Lu Heng was very satisfied, seeing the appearance of this fat man's meat, he wanted to reach out and touch the other party's face.

You know, good kids need to be rewarded!

"Speaking of which, the county lord of Qinglan seems to be afraid that the Dongying people will find out and cause some unnecessary trouble. Only then did the spearhead turn to Lu! Lu Heng stretched out his fingers, rubbed his temples, and smiled helplessly: "Although it is a clever move, but, heh, it is really a bit of a loss!" ”

Saying this lot of words and leading the spearhead to King Jin is also a helpless move.

It's not that Lu Heng wants to swallow this heart of the sky.

Uh, although Lu Heng really wanted to swallow it.

Still, if you think about it, forget it.

This thing is a ticking time bomb, and if you don't know it, you will even be involved in it.

No matter what the force is, getting this heart of the sky is a great help.

If the Dongying people get it, they will be able to complete the unification of the country, and then start to seek other things.

If the King of Jin or the An family gets this piece of jade, they will be able to successfully complete the agreement with the Dongying people. With the support of the people of Dongying. In turn, it endangers the society.

Thinking about it, this piece of jade is still the most suitable in the hands of the emperor.

It's just a pity that it's such a big diamond. I bought it for hundreds of taels of silver!

Lu Heng smashed his mouth, his face ached, and he sighed helplessly in his heart.

At this moment, a loud melodious long flute sound resounded through the heavens and the earth.

"My lord, all four gates are enclosed. There are more than 1,200 Dongying people who have entered the city! On the side, Xu Liang, who was in charge of receiving information, his eyes lit up after hearing the sound of the flute, and he hurriedly walked over and reported to Lu Hengyu with his fists.

"Wake up the brothers, let's leave!" After hearing this, Lu Heng nodded, glanced around, looked at the sergeants who were sitting in the corner of the wall, resting, and turned his head to Xu Liangdao.

"Yes!" Xu Liang answered in a muffled voice, turned around, and was about to walk towards the team and give orders. Suddenly stunned for a moment, turned his head, and looked at the military advisor with a puzzled expression: "Huh? ”

"Ahh Gather your team quickly, it'll be too late if you don't leave! Lu Heng glared at him angrily, turned his head first, and walked towards the west wing.

"W-what is this?" Xu Liang touched the back of his head, looking dazed.

I waited for most of the night to wait for this battle. When I got closer, I heard the military advisor say to withdraw.

Not to mention, if the battle starts, how many of these brothers in the courtyard will survive. Take the current situation as an example, all the people outside are Dongying, where can they evacuate by themselves?

There were more than 1,200 Dongying warriors outside, and there were less than a hundred soldiers around him. Once matched, there is no chance of winning at all.

Lu Heng didn't want these soldiers to die in vain, and he didn't want this small courtyard to become a place for him to bury his bones.

Therefore, before that, I had already thought of a way out.

The way out is actually very simple, it is a tunnel that Lu Heng found in the firewood room a few months ago. The tunnel was less than fifty paces, which was not very long. But it was enough for Lu Heng to jump out of the encirclement.

In fact, speaking of this tunnel, it was also because of Lu Heng's good luck back then.

This small courtyard, a few years ago, was the home of a head snake in Jiangning. This local snake, Ping Yueli dug this tunnel because he was afraid of being arrested by the government. The distance of fifty steps is from the firewood house in the small courtyard and leads directly to the Qinhuai River. It just didn't go unnoticed for a while. Lu Heng also found out because he was cleaning the firewood room.

Now that it is calculated, the head snake in Jiangning, who has already been beheaded, can be regarded as his savior.

Lu Heng shook his head and smiled, and said secretly in his heart.

Raising his head and listening to the silent night around him, Lu Heng knew that those Dongying people were approaching.

It is estimated that at this time, the people waiting by the river to answer are almost there.

After glancing at the dark night, Lu Heng went directly into the west wing where Liu Qingqing's three daughters were.

When he entered the room, he saw the three girls sitting there quietly, without saying a word. The atmosphere in the room was quiet but also dignified.

The expressions on the faces of the three girls were as calm as water, as if they were looking at death as home.

"Let's go!" At this moment, time is everything. Lu Heng entered the room and saw the expression of the third girl, originally wanting to tease. But given the increasingly dire situation outside. I had to suppress the prank in my heart. Said directly to the third girl.

"Huh?" Glancing at Xu Liang, Cangxue Qingshuang was stunned when she heard Lu Heng's headless and brainless words. The pure big eyes blink and wink, very simple and cute.

After hearing Lu Heng's words, Liu Qingqing pursed her lips and smiled, bit her lip lightly, glanced at Lu Heng quietly, and stood up.

"Uncle did it on purpose!" Liu Qingqing looked at Lu Heng with beautiful eyes, lowered her head and smiled, then raised her head, with a touch of anger in her beautiful eyes, and muttered softly.

From the evening to the present, Lu Heng had a dying expression on his face, which made people worry in their hearts. Now, seeing his uncle's relaxed look, the smart Liu Qingqing immediately thought that this was Lu Heng deliberately scaring them.

Although in the evening, Lu Heng said that he would never lie to her again and leave her alone.

However, with her understanding of Lu Heng, she always thought in her heart that her uncle's words were a bit duplicitous.

It's not that she suspects that her uncle is deliberately lying to her. Rather, she knew that her uncle didn't want to put herself in danger.

Because, in the evening, when the uncle saw himself and Sister Cangxue who had gone and returned, his unhappy expression and helpless look showed that the uncle really didn't want to put himself in danger.

"Childe, you're so bad!" Hearing Liu Qingqing's words, Qingshuang suddenly jumped out unrelentingly, pouted, and glared at Lu Heng angrily, with an annoyed face.

"You ......" Cang Xue's eyes flashed with tears, her lips pursed, but she didn't say anything for a long time.

Well, it seems like something serious!

After Lu Heng saw the third girl's expression, his head suddenly became a little big.

As Liu Qingqing said, the reason why Lu Heng didn't tell them was that he had a back hand. A big reason is indeed to scare and scare them.

You must know that tonight's incident, Rao is Lu Heng personally planned the layout, but he has no intention of being able to get out of it 100%.

In later generations, in the industry that Lu Heng was engaged in, almost everyone knew a creed about occupation and war.

That is: the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. On the battlefield, anything can happen! No one can do it perfectly.

Although all the planning, racking your brains, thinking about the uncertainties that may arise, and then going to prepare accordingly according to these factors. However, when it really happened, I realized that the plan could not keep up with the change.

Any solution, any strategy, there will be omissions, and no one can be perfect. All they can do is to try to predict the future, reduce their losses, and reduce their own losses. Then after something happens, go to remedy it in time.

Take today's incident as an example, because Lu Yushi made a serious mistake in the information request. As a result, Lu Heng deviated in his judgment. If it weren't for Lu Heng's unintentional preparation in advance, today's affairs would not be as easy as they are now.

However, this is also fortunate that Lu Heng has the behavior habits of later generations, and it is also due to the good professional habits that Lu Heng has cultivated all year round.

At all times, he never put himself in a desperate situation.

Moreover, when fighting, Lu Heng will use all the resources and means that can be mobilized to strive for victory. If you can sit, you will never stand. If you can lie down, you won't sit.

How comfortable, how safe, how to come!

Take the current situation as an example, there are more than 10,000 Jiangning garrisons outside to form an encirclement of the Dongying people, and the destruction of these more than 1,000 Dongying people has become a settlement, even if a few run away, it doesn't matter.

There is no need for Lu Heng to let more than 100 people in the courtyard, including Xu Liang, use their lives to show their heroism and fearlessness.

"Childe, the people of Dongying are less than a thousand steps away from us!" At this time, there was a knock on the door. Agui's voice came in a low voice.

"yes, I see!" Lu Heng nodded and replied. Turning his head, he looked at the three daughters who looked at him with different expressions. Lu Heng smiled, glanced at the third girl deeply, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go!" ”

…… The night was cold and windy.

The bright moon in the sky has already hidden in the clouds, slowly fluttering in the sky. Only a dull white patch remained.

The earth was hazy and dim.

Only the lantern hanging in the doorway shone in a dim light, and a cold wind blew, and the lantern shook violently.

In the dark night, the lantern is like a flickering lighthouse in the sea, which makes the people who sail on the sea feel apprehensive.

The cold wind whistled, and the surrounding trees, like mountain ghosts and demons, shook violently, emitting bursts of creepy wails.

The cold wind blew through the cold bluestone slabs, rolled up the weeds and dead branches on the roadside, and put them on people's faces, causing pain.

In the dim night, a pair of people in black gathered together from all over the place, densely approaching Lu Heng's small courtyard.

In their hands, they held bright scimitars. The scimitar rubbed against the ground, making a rustling sound.

The dim moonlight shone on the scimitar, and the cold light shone.

Night......

(To be continued)